I should be sleeping

It's 4.23am. I should be sleeping but thanks to my neighbour who likes to play annoyingly loud music at ungodly hours, I am now awake. Not happy. I was looking forward to having a good long sleep in today. Anyway, enough of that.

Just thought I'd share my crafty plans for today:
I plan to continue sorting the array of buttons I have gathered according to colour in these spice jars I picked up from Ikea.

And then I plan to keep on knitting my Travelling Woman shawl. Hopefully finishing it this weekend too!

I hope everyone has a craftly good weekend.
:)

Anywhere but here...

I sit here struggling to finish an assignment for uni, wishing I was somewhere like here:

Photo by: JSMoral

Isn't it just beautiful!

Knitting my way to happiness

I wonder if this is possible??? I haven't been in much of a sewing mood lately, so I have been knitting the Traveling Woman shawl. I'm fairly pleased with the progress and there have only been a few minor mistakes - but they will add character! It is my first time knitting a shawl and I am quite enjoying and looking forward to wearing it this winter!


The yarn is Morris Empire 4ply in Bluestone. The picture doesn't do they colour any justice - it is much nicer. A nice deep smoky blue.

Happy Tuesday - hope you have a great day

Good things...

Today has mostly been filled with good things.

Firstly, I found out that John Mayer is coming to Sydney in May - I'm very excited about that!

Secondly, I bought a pot and planted a bay leaf tree that I got late last year as a gift - it's the first time I've tried gardening so I'm a bit proud of myself :)

Here it is before a massive storm hit. I hope it rained just as hard over the dam as well. We need the water.

And third, I'll soon be able to partially reclaim my sewing room. I'll have to share the room with mum, which means so big table and a lot less storage, but I will be able to have my machines set up permanently :)

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Its been a while baby

Has it really been that long since I last posted??!!?? I know i have contemplated many times over the last month about blogging, but I haven't for reasons that now escape me! Not cool I say. Maybe it was the few weeks I've been at summer school for uni. Or the fact that not only did my brother move home, but we renovated our kitchen over xmas, making our dining table our make shift kitchen. This took away all the decent amount of space where I could set up my sewing machine away from me.

But there is some good news. The kitchen has been moved back to where it belongs. And the bro is moving back out. The bad news is I will not have the space I used to craft. It is a bittersweet feeling I tell you. Maybe it will be for the better - teach me to really consider things before I purchase them and to be a little tidier. Hmm, only time will tell.

I will be back soon with some pictures of a new project that I am working on. You have seen a sneak peak of it so it may look familiar to some.

Until then, happy crafting.

New Year Resolutions

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fantastic start to 2010!

I rarely make new years resolutions because I find them next to impossible to keep. But this year I have decided to make a change, so here are the things I want to do this year:

• sleep better
• eat better
• live better
• make more
• appreciate more
• learn more
• smile more
• laugh more
• save more
  

2009 as a whole was a very uneventful year, so here is to making 2010 a year that is eventful and filled with joy and happiness.